Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala
Sitharaman has constituted a Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for India’s
Economic Transformation. The Minister said with rapid development in the fields
of information technology and hardware, the world is about to witness a fourth
industrial revolution. She said driven by the power of big data, high
computing capacity, artificial intelligence and analytics, Industry 4.0 aims to
digitise the manufacturing sector. Smt. Sitharaman said the panel will comprise
of experts, academics, researchers and industry leaders and will explore
possibilities to leverage AI for development across various fields.

The
task force will submit concrete and implementable recommendations for
government, industry and research institutions .